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In partnership with With thanks to Endorsed by Climate Workshop Pack In partnership with With thanks to Endorsed by 1 Climate Action Foreword In September 2015, 193 World Leaders signed on to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Since then, educators across the world have embraced the ambitions of the Goals and begun to include them into their teaching practices. The Goals have proven to be a useful addition to programmes on Education for Sustainable Development, by providing a framework for learning and helping to demonstrate the interconnectivity among all aspects of development. In 2019 The World’s Largest Lesson helped to bring the SDGs to thousands of young Nigerians in schools, community groups and IDP camps. They took part in a lesson that invited them to think about the future that they want for Nigeria or they joined Club17 Africa and explored the Goals in more detail. Without question Nigeria’s students took the Goals to their hearts and made strong connections between the global SDGs framework and what they observe in their own communities. They discussed and shared ideas together and with their families and began a journey as changemakers. We are delighted to launch this new Climate Workshop Pack and guide to extend that journey. This pack focusses on one of most pressing global educational needs – building a holistic understanding of the climate and ecological crisis that is facing our world and encouraging youth action for climate. Education for climate and the environment is not an easy topic so this pack has been written solely for you as workshop leaders. It provides a structured way to help you introduce discussion about Climate Change within the group. In the same way, we hope it will help students develop some of the skills they need to be effective in the 21st century and you will see these referenced throughout. For me, a measure of our success will not only be whether students are excited by what they are learning but also whether you are witnessing a change in their ability to question, create, solve problems and communicate. I can’t wait to find out. Good Luck! Alison Bellwood Creator and Director World’s Largest Lesson In partnership with With thanks to Endorsed by 2 Climate Action Contents Introduction Welcome Workshop Leaders! 4 Workshop Foundations 5 Structure 7 Skills and characteristics for learning and for life 8 Global Citizenship Education. Taking it local 9 How to teach about Climate Change 10 Climate Action in the community 12 Workshop Content, Summary of Action 13 Workshop Content Workshop 1 An introduction to the aims of the Climate Workshops and the SDGs 14 Workshop 2 Human Rights in action 16 Workshop 3 What do we mean by Climate Change and Sustainable Development? 18 Workshop 4 What is ‘energy’ and how do we use it? 20 Workshop 5 What are the effects of Climate Change? 22 Workshop 6 What is my impact on the environment? 24 Workshop 7 What is Renewable Energy? 26 Workshop 8 What are some signs and symbols relating to the environment? 28 Workshop 9 Healthy Living. Healthy Planet 30 Workshop 10 Communication and Climate Change 32 Workshop 11 Community Action for Climate Change 34 Workshop 12 Next steps for Climate Action and new beginnings 36 Activity Mats SDGs Explorer 39 Fact Chat 40 Energy Data 41 Renewable Energy 42 Carbon Footprint 43 Quotes about Climate and the Environment 44 Appendix Appendix A Characteristics of Global Citizens 45 Appendix B SDGs posters 46 Appendix C Convention on the Rights of the Child posters 51 Appendix D Climate Action grid 53 Appendix E Fact Chat definitions table 54 Appendix F Carbon Footprint 55 Appendix G Quotes about Climate and the Environment 56 Appendix H Further Resources 57 In partnership with With thanks to Endorsed by 3 Climate Action Welcome Workshop Leaders! In this guide you will find all that you need to teach your workshop participants about Climate Change and the environment. The materials in this guide focus around themes of Climate Change, the environment and global citizenship. The materials aim to help your workshop participants critically engage with essential aspects of these themes which we hope will ultimately enable careful change for a better“ world. There are two days in the year that we can not do anything, yesterday and tomorrow. “ Mahatma Gandhi The materials in this pack are action–focused. They aim to equip your school community with the skills, knowledge and understanding to make informed choices to protect our planet – which means people and places. The quote here from Gandhi reminds us that there is no time to delay! We must work together as citizens of one world to find ways that will change our future for the better, through critical observations of our past. Our planet faces multiple challenges related to Climate Change: pollution, water scarcity, depletion of natural resources, loss of biodiversity, food scarcity and extreme weather. The actions we choose to take to address these challenges should enable sustainable development (more on that later)! We should recognise that what we do today to make our lives better, should not have a negative consequence for our children, or their children. Our Vision All Africa’s children take ownership of sustainable community development. Our Mission Empower every African child with the capacity to understand and relate the Sustainable Development Goals to their everyday life, in particular SDG 13: Climate Action. Thank you for your commitment to finding a way to address these challenges. eW look forward to working with you. How to use this pack The Introduction section of this pack is background information to help you understand a little more about how to run effective workshops. It also will help you to learn about Climate Change. The Workshop content gives you all the scripts to run the workshops. The Activity mats give you some other ideas for workshops using the resources in a different ways. The Resources Appendix give your worksheets to use within the workshops. In partnership with With thanks to Endorsed by 4 Climate Action Workshop Foundations Do you remember we mentioned sustainable development? Hopefully that reminded you of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals for 2030! These workshops are built on acommitment to making progress towards the Goals for 2030. The three big aims of the Global Goals are to: fight inequality and injustice, end extreme poverty, tackle Climate Change. The Global Goals are the most ambitious agreement for sustainable development that world leaders have ever made. They build on the success of their predecessors the Millennium Development Goals and aim to go further to end all forms of poverty. That is why we need everyone to know about these Goals and to take action for them. There are 17 Goals in total, and we shall refer to them from now on as the SDGs. To find out more about these Goals, visit this website: www.globalgoals.org Goal 13 is Climate Action: Take urgent action to combat Climate Change and its impacts Why so urgent? Just a few facts to get you thinking… • The global average temperature in 2019 was 1.1 degrees celsius above the pre–industrial period, according to the World Meteorological Organization. • To prevent warming beyond 1.5°C, we need to reduce emissions by 7.6% every year from this year to 2030. • At 1.5°C, over 70% of coral reefs will die, but at 2°C, all reefs over 99% will be lost. • The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says a 1.5°C average rise may put 20–30% of species at risk of extinction. • 17 million people in Bangladesh alone will be threatened by flooding as a result of ice caps melting. For more information, see: www.unenvironment.org/explore–topics/climate–change/facts–about–climate– emergency We need Climate Action! There are many causes of Climate Change and there are many effects. However, there are also many things that we can do to adapt to Climate Change and prevent further rises in temperature. In partnership with With thanks to Endorsed by 5 Climate Action Goal 13 is divided into 5 targets: 13.1 Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate–related hazards and natural disasters in all countries 13.2 Integrate Climate Change measures into national policies, strategies and planning 13.3 Improve education, awareness–raising and human and institutional capacity on Climate Change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning 13. A Implement the commitment undertaken by developed–country parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to a goal of mobilizing jointly $100 billion annually by 2020 from all sources to address the needs of developing countries in the context of meaningful mitigation actions and transparency on implementation and fully operationalize the Green Climate Fund through its capitalization as soon as possible 13. B Promote mechanisms for raising capacity for effective Climate Change–related planning and management in least developed countries and small island developing States, including focusing on women, youth and local and marginalized communities Some of this language is very technical! But there are some powerful verbs here to steer your workshop, driving your own Climate Action: ADAPT INTEGRATE IMPROVE EDUCATE REDUCE IMPLEMENT COMMIT PROMOTE PLAN MANAGE FOCUS TO BE RESILIENT Of course, the Climate Action Goal is linked to many other Goals. During your Climate Action meetings, you will consider the extent of these connections as you explore the cause and effects of Climate Change We wonder which of these models you might choose? We hope you will create your own! In partnership with With thanks to Endorsed by 6 Climate Action Structure Enclosed in this guide are materials to help you lead 12 workshops, lasting approximately 1 hour each.

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